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Subject: Re: Where did all the .38 spls go?
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Date: 25 Jun 91 22:39:26 GMT
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In article <35950@mimsy.umd.edu>, joeha@microsoft.COM says:
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#What she wants is a new 4 inch, medium-framed, stainless
#steel, 6 round revolver with adjustable sights that can
#handle +p rounds.
#
#Guess what?  Can't find one, not even used.
#
#So now I turn to this group to ask: What happened?  Isn't
#anyone making them any more?  What I have described is
#I thought was a standard service revolver of not too many
#years ago.  Did they just stop making them one day?
#
#
   New .38 Special revolvers are not as common as they once were.
But if you are willing to buy a used one, and are willing to
settled for a blued gun instead of stainless steel, you shouldn't
have any trouble finding one.  In the past year or so, I have seena
Colt Officers Model Match with a six inch barrel and a Smith & Wesson
Model 14, also with a six inch barrel each for sale, each priced at
$200.  It seems few shooters want to buy .38 Special revolvers anymore.

   If you're willing to settle for fixed sight revolver, right now there
are plenty of police "trade ins" for sale.One large gun store I
regularly visit had a few dozen Smith & Wesson Model 10 revolvers in
conditions ranging from poor to very good.  The large importer Century
Arms has used Colt Police Positive Special revolvers in their current
catelog.  This is the small fram Colt revolver, like the Detective Special,
but with a four inch barrel.  And they only cost about $115.

    The two .38 Special revolvers that I own and shoot are one of the
above mentioned Colt Police Postive Specials (purchased from Southern Ohio
Gun Distributors) and a Colt Officers Model Match which I bought nine
years ago.  Both are well used (the Officers Modelwas a police service
revolver at one time) but I'm happy with them nonetheless.

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MICHAEL F. GORDON             JCEHC@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU

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